Electronic device for providing product sale managing information and method thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided is an information providing method of an electronic apparatus, the method including identifying sales information of an item that is for sale through the network, identifying whether it is necessary to provide item sales management information based on the identified sales information of the item, and, when it is necessary to provide the item sales management information, providing the item sales management information generated based on the sales information of the item.

BACKGROUND Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus for providingitem sales management information based on sales information of an item,and a method thereof.

Description of the Related Art

As the use of the Internet has become universe, e-commerce is growing.In e-commerce, a variety of information on or regarding items isprovided online, and transactions are made through a network.Specifically, a customer places an order for an item based onidentifying information on the item online, and a seller of the itemdelivers the item to the customer based on acquiring information on theorder.

In such an e-commerce transaction, there may be a gap between a timepoint when the customer places the order for the item and a time pointwhen the seller acquires the information on or regarding the order. Forexample, at a specific time point in a day, the seller may check ordersof items placed before the specific time point, so that the items areprovided to the customer. In this case, even if there is an error ininformation on online items and wrong orders are continuously placed,the seller may recognize the wrong orders later, which may lead to aloss due to the wrong orders and lead to a failure to provide the itemsto the customer, thereby inconvenience.

SUMMARY Technical Goals

An aspect provides an electronic apparatus and a method thereof, theapparatus for identifying a situation associated with sale of an itembased on sales information of the item and providing item salesmanagement information, thereby effectively managing the sale of theitem.

Technical goals of the present disclosure are not limited to theabove-mentioned goal, and other goals and advantages of the presentdisclosure which are not mentioned herein could be understood by thefollowing embodiments.

Technical Solutions

According to a first embodiment, there is provided an informationproviding method of an electronic apparatus, the method includingidentifying sales information of an item that is for sale through anetwork, identifying, based on the identified item sales information,whether it is necessary to provide item sales management information,and, when it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation, providing the item sales management information generatedbased on the sales information of the item.

According to a second embodiment, there is provided an electronicapparatus including a memory configured to store an instruction(s), anda processor, and the processor is connected to the memory to identifysales information of an item that is for sale through a network,identify, based on the identified sales information of the item, whetherit is necessary to provide item sales management information, and, whenit is necessary to provide the item sales management information,providing the item sales management information generated based on thesales information of the item.

According to a third embodiment, there is provided a non-transitoryrecording medium readable by a computer which stores, when executed by acomputer, a program for implementing an information providing method ofan electronic apparatus, and the method includes identifying salesinformation of an item that is for sale through a network, identifying,based on the identified item sales information, whether it is necessaryto provide item sales management information, and, when it is necessaryto provide the item sales management information, providing the itemsales management information generated based on the sales information ofthe item.

Details of other embodiments are included in the detailed descriptionand drawings.

Effects

According to the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus and amethod thereof may identify a situation of selling an item based onsales information of the item to provide item sales managementinformation depending on the situation, thereby effectively managing thesale of the item.

In addition, the electronic apparatus and the method thereof may detectan abnormal situation associated with sale of an item based on salesinformation of the item to provide item sales management information,thereby preventing an error that possibly occurs due to the abnormalsituation.

Effects are not limited to the aforementioned effects, and other effectsnot mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the artfrom the description of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of providinginformation by an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an electronic apparatusaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method of an electronic apparatus accordingto an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating distribution for determining whether toprovide item sales management information by an electronic apparatusaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of item sales managementinformation provided by an electronic apparatus according to anembodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associatedwith a sales price of an item among item sales management informationprovided by an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of informationassociated with a sales price of an item among item sales managementinformation provided by an electronic apparatus according to anembodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associatedwith a manager among item sales management information provided by anelectronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for describing a case where sale of an item ismanaged based on item sales management information provided from anelectronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Terms used in embodiments are selected among common terms that arecurrently widely used in consideration of their functions in the presentdisclosure, but the terms may be different according to an intention ofone of ordinary skill in the art, a precedent, or the advent of newtechnology. Also, in particular cases, the terms are discretionallyselected by the applicant of the present disclosure, and the meaning ofthose terms will be described in detail in the corresponding part of thedetailed description. Therefore, the terms used in the presentdisclosure are not merely designations of the terms, but the terms aredefined based on the meaning of the terms and content throughout thepresent disclosure.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to “include” a certaincomponent, which means that it may further include other components,except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

Throughout the specification, the expression “at least one of A, B, andC” may include the following meanings: A alone; B alone; C alone; both Aand B together; both A and C together; both B and C together; and allthree of A, B, and C together.

The term “terminal” mentioned below may be implemented as a computer ormobile terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal over anetwork. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop equippedwith a web browser, a desktop, a laptop, and the like, and the mobileterminal is, for example, wireless communication device assuringportability and mobility and may include any type of handheld-basedwireless communication devices like communication-based terminals, whichis based on International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT), Code DivisionMultiple Access (CDMA), W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), LongTerm Evolution (LTE), smart phones, tablet PCs, and the like.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilledin the art can easily carry out the present disclosure. However, thepresent disclosure may be implemented in various different forms but itis not limited to the exemplary embodiments described hereinafter.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of providinginformation by an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment.Specifically, a first part 110 of FIG. 1 relates to a process foracquiring sales information of an item, a second part 120 relates to aprocess for identifying, based on the sales information of the item,whether it is necessary to provide item sales management information,and a third part 130 relates to a process for providing the item salesmanagement information.

Referring to A of the first part 110, an electronic apparatus mayacquire sales information of an item. In an embodiment, the electronicapparatus may acquire the sales information of the item in real time inresponse to an order for the item. In another embodiment, the electronicapparatus may acquire the sales information of the item at a specifictime interval (e.g., 5 minutes). In this case, as shown in B of thefirst part 1, information (e.g., VI #1, VI #2, VI #3) on orders for anitem placed for a specific time (e.g., Time #1, Time #2) may beaccumulated and grouped, and then transmitted to the electronicapparatus on a unit basis of a predetermined time, and accordingly, thesales information of the item may be acquired by the electronicapparatus.

The sales information of the item may include a variety of informationon or regarding the item which is ordered. For example, the salesinformation of the item may include information on at least one of: asales price of the item, a sales volume of the item, a discount rate ofthe item, and a margin of the item. However, the present disclosure isnot limited thereto, and according to an embodiment, information on orregarding at least one of the following may be included: an identifierof the item, a discount price of the item, a category of the item, aselling time of the item, and a delivery fee of the item.

The sales information of the item may include, for example, informationon or regarding a time when an item was sold, a category of the item, anidentifier of the item, and a sales price of the item, as shown in thefollowing table.

TABLE 1 Item Item Sales Sales time category identifier price 2020 May 0915:00 Toy A 10,000 2020 May 09 15:02 Toy A 15,000 2020 May 09 15:04 ToyA 20,000

The sales information of the item may be aggregated and displayed on aunit basis of a specific time, and, in this case, aggregated data may bedisplayed as shown in the following table. Here, the sales price may bean average of sales prices of the item sold for a specific time (e.g., 5minutes).

TABLE 2 Item Item Sales Sales Sales time category identifier pricevolume 2020 May 09 15:05 Toy A 15,000 3

However, this is only an example and the present embodiment is notlimited to this example.

In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus may store predeterminedinformation associated with the item in an operation corresponding to“rs_item_storage” in the first part 110. The stored information may beused to determine whether to provide item sales management informationwhich will be described later. The predetermined information associatedwith the item may include, for example, a cost of the item and anaverage margin of the item (a difference between the sales price and thecost) for a predetermined period. Meanwhile, in an embodiment, a factorsuch as the average margin may be a numerical value related to profitsconsidered by a seller based on costs used for sales and purchase of theitem.

In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus may manage the item salesinformation in an operation corresponding to the “ES_aggregator” of thefirst part 110. For example, the electronic apparatus may generate adistribution (e.g., a sales price distribution and a margindistribution) used to determine whether to provide the item salesmanagement information which will be described later. The generateddistribution may be used later to determine whether to provide the itemsales management information.

Referring to the second part 120, the electronic apparatus may determinewhether it is necessary to provide the item sales management informationusing the acquired sales information. In an embodiment, the electronicapparatus may determine whether it is necessary to provide the itemsales management information, based on whether the item salesinformation satisfies a predetermined criterion. The predeterminedcriterion may include, for example, at least one of: whether a revenuefrom sale of the item is included in a predetermined range; whether asales price of the item is included in a specific region within apredetermined price distribution; and whether a margin of the item isincluded in a specific region within a predetermined margindistribution. A more detailed description thereof will be describedlater.

In an embodiment, a determination as to whether to provide the itemsales management information may be made by the electronic apparatus inan operation corresponding to the “Anomaly Detection Framework” of thesecond part 120. Each of “detection module #1, detection module #2, anddetection module #3” in the second part 120 may correspond to differentcriterions for determining whether it is necessary to provide the itemsales management information. According to an embodiment, the electronicapparatus may determine whether it is necessary to provide the itemsales management information, using at least one of the above-describeddifferent criterions. The different criterions for determining whetherit is necessary to provide the item sales management information may bepredetermined and a more detailed description thereof will be describedlater.

In an embodiment, the electronic apparatus may classify the item salesinformation at a specific time interval in an operation corresponding to“Analysis Trigger” in the second part 120. The classified salesinformation may be used to determine whether to provide theaforementioned item sales management information.

Referring to the third part 130, when it is determined that it isnecessary to provide the item sales management information, the itemsales management information may be provided to a user. The item salesmanagement information may include, for example, at least one of: asales price change information of an item; sales status information ofthe item; distribution information of the item; seller information ofthe item; sales control information of the item; a sales price of theitem; page link information for modifying the sales status informationof the item; and manager information of the item.

For example, the sales price change information of the item may includeat least one of: information on or regarding change of an item price;information on a cause for the change for the item price; and a pricebefore and after the change. More specifically, for example, theinformation on the change is information on change of a price over timeand may be expressed as at least one of a graph, a table, an image, anda text, and FIG. 5 or 6 may be referred for a specific example relatedthereto. The information on the cause for the change of the item pricemay include information on which object (e.g., a system, a manager) thathas caused the change of the item price.

The sales status information of the item may include at least one of:information on a screen displayed on a webpage for a current price of anitem and sale of the item; and information on whether the item is soldout or still available for sale. The distribution information of theitem may include, for example, information on at least one of: acategory of the item, a type of the item, a quantity of the item sold,and a name of the item. The seller information of the item may include,for example, information indicating a seller of the item, and the itemsales control information may include information associated with saleof the item or information for changing a status. The page linkinformation for modifying the sales status information of the item mayinclude, for example, link information to access a webpage when anadditional webpage is required to change the sales status of the item(e.g., sold-out, available for sale).

In an embodiment, in response to a determination that it is necessary toprovide the item sales management information, the electronic apparatusmay trigger provision of the item sales management information through“Alert Trigger” operation in the third part 130. The electronicapparatus may acquire and provide the item sales management informationthrough “Alerts” operation based on the triggering.

In an embodiment, the item sales management information may be providedin the form of an email as shown in “Sending Email” operation in thethird part 130, but not limited thereto, and the item sales managementinformation may be provided in various ways such as a text message or anotification message.

Meanwhile, the order indicated by arrows in FIG. 1 may indicatepreceding and following processes, but the present embodiment is notlimited thereto, and, according to an embodiment, the preceding andfollowing processes may be performed regardless of the illustratedexample.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an electronic apparatusaccording to an embodiment. Although elements related to the presentembodiment are shown in FIG. 2, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto, and other general-purpose elements may be further included inaddition to the elements shown in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic apparatus 200 may include a memory210 and a processor 220. Each element shown in FIG. 2 refers to a unitthat processes at least one function or operation, which may beimplemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware andsoftware.

According to an embodiment, the electronic apparatus 200 of FIG. 2 maybe implemented as a server, and the present specification is not limitedby an implementation method of the electronic apparatus 200.

The memory 210 may store a variety of data associated with theelectronic apparatus 200. For example, the memory 210 may store at leastone instruction for an operation of the electronic apparatus 200. Inthis case, the processor 220 may perform various operations based oninstructions stored in the memory 210.

The processor 220 may control overall operations of the electronicapparatus 200. For example, the processor 220 may control the operationof the electronic apparatus 200 by controlling elements of theelectronic apparatus 200 based on instructions stored in the memory 210.

The processor 220 may identify sales information of an item that is forsale through a network. The item is for sale based on e-commerce, andthe processor 220 may identify sales information of the item based onsale of the item.

For example, the processor 220 may identify, at a specific time interval(e.g., 5 minutes), sales information of an item that is sold for aspecific time. Specifically, for example, the processor 220 mayidentify, at a time interval of 5 minutes, sales information of an itemthat is sold for 5 minutes. In another example, in response tocompletion of sale of an item, the processor 220 may identify salesinformation of the item.

The sales information of the item may include, for example, at least oneof: a sales price of the item, a sales volume of the item, a discountrate of the item, and a margin of the item. However, the presentembodiment is not limited to this example, and, for example, informationon a time when the item is sold may be further included.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may acquire, based on the sale ofthe item, the sales information from a server associated with the saleof the item. Specifically, the processor 220 may be connected to aserver for driving a website for selling the item, and may acquire thesales information of the item based on the connection.

In some cases, when the electronic apparatus 200 is implemented toinclude the server, the processor 220 may identify, based on the sale ofthe item, the sales information of the item.

The processor 220 may identify whether it is necessary to provide itemsales management information, based on the sales information of theitem. In an embodiment, the processor 220 may identify whether the saleof the item satisfies a predetermined criterion, based on identifyingthe sales information of the item. When the sale of the item satisfiesthe predetermined criterion, the processor 220 may determine that it isnecessary to provide the item sales management information. Thepredetermined criterion may be, for example, a criterion predeterminedbased on at least one of: a sales price, a profit rate, an expectedsales volume, a margin, a revenue, and a sales volume of the item. Here,the margin refers to a difference between the sales price and a cost ofthe item, and the revenue may refer to a sum of margins of one or moreitems or may refer to a sales profit obtained by selling an item.

In some cases, the processor 220 may determine that an abnormal signassociated with the sale of the item has occurred when the sale of theitem satisfies the predetermined criterion. The abnormal sign indicatesa sign different from a normal situation, and may include, for example,a situation in which the sale of the item sharply decreases or surges,unlike in the normal situation, or a situation in which a margin (or arevenue, a profit rate) of selling the item plummets.

In an embodiment, based on the sales information of the item, theprocessor 220 may identify at least one of: a sales price of the itemand a sales volume of the item. The processor 220 may identify anexpected sales volume of the item based on a quantity of the item soldfor a reference time. Specifically, the processor 220 may analyze thequantity of the item sold for the reference time according to apredetermined statistical result to identify an expected sales volumefor a day. For example, in a case where a quantity of the item sold from14:00 to 14:05 is 10 based on the sales information of the item and anexpected sales volume of the item according to a predeterminedstatistical result is 100 times the quantity of the item sold from 14:00to 14:05, the expected sales volume of the item for a day may beidentified as 1000. However, this is merely an example and the presentembodiment is not limited to this example, and the expected sales volumemay be identified in various ways. Meanwhile, in an embodiment, areference time for monitoring whether the item is for sale may bevariably set based on a type of the item for sale, a selling time of theitem, and a price related to the sale of the item. In addition, adifferent reference time may be applied depending on an algorithmapplied according to an embodiment of the present specification.

In one embodiment, the processor 220 may identify a distribution (or adistribution graph, a normal distribution graph, distributioninformation) of the sales price of the item, the distribution which isgenerated based on a sales history of the item for a specific period(e.g., one week). The processor 220 may identify whether the price ofthe item corresponding to the sales information is included in aspecific range within the distribution. When the price of the item isout of the specific range, the processor 220 may identify the expectedsales volume of the item. For example, a distribution of average salesprices of the item for one week may be stored in advance, and when thesales price is identified, the processor 220 may identify a position ofthe identified sales price in the distribution. The processor 220 mayidentify whether the position corresponding to the identified salesprice is included in a specific range within the distribution. Thespecific range may include, for example, but not limited to, a rangecorresponding to −7σ or less and +7σ or more in a normal distributiongraph when the distribution of sales prices corresponds to the normaldistribution graph. FIG. 4 may be referred for a specific examplerelated to the normal distribution graph.

In some cases, the processor 220 may identify a standard deviation ofprice of the item corresponding to the sales information. Based on theidentified standard deviation, the processor 220 may identify a positionof the price of the item in the distribution of average sales prices.When the identified position is out of a predetermined position range,the processor 220 may identify an expected sales volume of the item.

The processor 220 may identify a revenue from sale of the item accordingto the identified expected sales volume. The processor 220 may identifythe revenue according to the identified expected sales volume based onthe sales price of the item. For example, the processor 220 may identifythe revenue by multiplying a difference between the sales price of theitem and the cost of the item by the expected sales volume. In thiscase, cost information of the item may be information predetermined inthe memory 210, but not limited thereto, and may be included in thesales information of the item according to an embodiment.

When a value of the identified revenue is out of a specific range (e.g.,100,000 won or more), the processor 220 may identify that it isnecessary to provide item sales management information. Here, a casewhere the value of the identified revenue is out of the specific rangemay correspond to the present criterion described above.

For example, in a case where the specific range is 100,000 won or more,if the value of the identified revenue is less than 1000,000 won, theprocessor 220 may identify that it is necessary to provide the itemsales management information.

In an embodiment, based on information on or regarding a selling eventof an item, the processor 220 may identify a margin of the sellingevent. Specifically, when the selling event of the item is identified,the processor 220 may identify a margin corresponding to the sellingevent. The selling event may include, for example, an order for theitem, and the margin may indicate, for example, a difference between asales price and a cost of the item.

The processor 220 may identify whether the identified margin is includedin a specific region within a predetermined margin distribution. Themargin distribution may include, for example, a normal distribution fora margin, which is acquired based on sales information of the item soldfor a specific period. FIG. 4 may be referred to for an example of thenormal distribution. When the identified margin is not included in thespecific region, the processor 220 may determine that it is necessary toprovide the item sales management information.

In some cases, the processor 220 may identify a standard deviation ofthe identified margin. The processor 220 may identify a position of theidentified margin in the predetermined margin distribution based on theidentified standard deviation. When the identified position of themargin is not included in the specific region, the processor 220 maydetermine that it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may identify a sales volume of theitem sold for a specific period (e.g., 5 minutes) based on informationon a selling event of the item. The processor 220 may identify whetherthe identified sales volume is included in a specific region within apredetermined sales volume distribution. When the identified salesvolume is not included in the specific region, the processor 220 maydetermine that it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation. Here, the predetermined sales volume distribution mayinclude, for example, a normal distribution generated based oninformation on a sales volume of the item sold on a unit basis of aspecific period (e.g., 5 minutes). That is, the predetermined salesvolume distribution may include a normal distribution of the salesvolume of the item on a unit basis of the specific period.

In some cases, a sales volume for a specific period may be referred toas a unit sold, but embodiments are not limited to this term.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may identify a profit ratecorresponding to a selling event based on information on the sellingevent of the item. When the identified profit rate satisfies a specificcriterion, the processor 220 may identify an abnormality in the sellingevent of the item. The profit rate is a value of sales efficiency of theitem, and may include, for example, a value obtained by dividing adifference between the sales price and the cost of the item by the costor a value obtained by multiplying the aforementioned value by 100. Theprofit rate may be calculated for each item.

The specific criterion associated with the profit rate may include, forexample, a case where a profit rate of an item corresponding to salesinformation is less than a value set based on a profit rate identifiedfor a specific period. In some cases, the specific criterion may includea plurality of criterions. For example, the specific criterion mayinclude a case of having a value less than a minimum profit rate of anitem sold for one month and having a value less than 75% of an averageprofit rate of the item sold for the last 10 minutes.

When it is necessary to provide the item sales management information,the processor 220 may provide the item sales management informationgenerated based on sales information. The item sales managementinformation may include, for example, at least one of: sales pricechange information of an item; sales status information of the item;distribution information of the item; seller information of the item;sales control information of the item; a sales price of the item; pagelink information for modifying the sales status information of the item;and manager information of the item.

Here, the sales price change information may include, for example, atleast one of: information on or regarding a cause for a price change(e.g., a change by a manager or an automatic change by a system) andinformation on a price change history. The sales status information ofthe item may include at least one of: information on a screen displayedon a webpage for a current price of the item and sale of the item; andinformation on whether the item is sold out or still available. Thedistribution information of the item may include, for example,information on at least one of: a category of the item, a type of theitem, a quantity of the item sold, and a name of the item. The sellerinformation of the item may include, for example, information indicatinga seller of the item, and the sales control information of the item mayinclude information associated with sale of the item or information forchanging a status. The page link information for modifying the salesstatus information of the item may include, for example, linkinformation to access a webpage when an additional webpage is requiredto change the sales status of the item (e.g., sold-out, available forsale).

In an embodiment, a seller of the item may include a subject thatsupplies the item to sell to a customer, and a manager of the item mayinclude a subject that manages sale of the item based on a contract withthe seller of the item. However, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto, and, for example, the manager may perform the sale of the item,and, in this case, the manager may include the seller. However, thepresent embodiment is not limited to this example.

In an embodiment, when it is necessary to provide the item salesmanagement information, the processor 220 may identify receiving deviceinformation corresponding to the item. The receiving device informationmay include information on a predetermined device that is required toprovide the item sales management information. The processor 220 maytransmit the item sales management information to an identifiedreceiving device.

For example, a receiving device corresponding to a first item mayinclude a first device and a second device, and a receiving devicecorresponding to a second item may include the first device and a thirddevice. In this case, since an item corresponding to sales informationis the first item and it is necessary to provide the item salesmanagement information, the processor 220 may provide the item salesmanagement information to the first device and the second device.

In some cases, a device for receiving the item sales managementinformation may be a device classified based on a device user.Specifically, a receiving device may be a device classified in advanceby a category for a user job, a user position, or a user type. Forexample, the first device may include a device associated with at leastone user who manages the sale of the item, the second device may includea device associated with at least one user who supplies the item, andthe third device may include a device associated with at least one userwho manages delivery of the item. However, this is merely an example andthe present embodiment is not limited to this example.

In an embodiment, when it is necessary to provide item sales managementinformation, the processor 220 may identify receiving device informationcorresponding to each type of item sales management information. Forexample, receiving device information corresponding to a first type ofthe item sales management information and receiving device informationcorresponding to a second type of the item sales management informationmay be identified. The processor 220 may provide, to a receiving devicecorresponding to each type, information of a corresponding type amongthe item sales management information. For example, the processor 220may provide, to a first device (e.g., all registered devices)corresponding to information of a first type (e.g., simple notificationfor an abnormality in sale of the item), information of the first typeamong item sales management information, and may provide, to a seconddevice (e.g., at least user-associated device which manages the sale ofthe item) corresponding to information of a second type (e.g., the saleof the item), information of the second type among the item salesmanagement information. A type of item sales management information maybe predetermined based on at least one of a predetermined security leveland a management level, but not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment, a device corresponding to each item or adevice corresponding to each types of sales information to be providedmay be predetermined. FIG. 8 may be referred for a more specific examplerelated to designation of a device.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may stop the sale of the itemthrough a network in response to provision of the item sales managementinformation. In some cases, in response to a determination that it isnecessary to provide the item sales management information, theprocessor 220 may stop the sale of the item. To stop the sale of theitem, the processor 220 may control a screen of a web page displayed forthe sale of the item. For example, the processor 220 may display, on ascreen of a web page, an image or text indicating that the item is soldout.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may identify whether salesinformation of the item satisfies a predetermined criterion, and whenthe sales information satisfies the predetermined criterion, anabnormality in a selling event of the item may be identified. That is,when the predetermined criterion is satisfied, the processor 220 mayidentify that an error (or an abnormal sign) has occurred in the sale ofthe item. In response to identifying the abnormality (or an abnormalsign), the processor 220 may provide item sales management information.The processor 220 may receive feedback information on the provided itemsales management information. In this case, the processor 220 may updatethe predetermined criterion based on the feedback information.Meanwhile, the feedback information may include information classifiedas positive or negative, but not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, a criterion for the update may include a thresholdvalue for determining whether to provide item sales managementinformation. The threshold value may be, for example, a reference valuethat designates a specific region within a price distribution or amargin distribution. As described above, whether it is necessary toprovide item sales management information may be determined based onwhether a position of a price or margin associated with the item isincluded in the specific region. In this case, the threshold value maybe changed based on feedback information. For example, when the feedbackinformation includes first information (e.g., positive), the thresholdmay be maintained as a current value, and when the feedback informationincludes second information (e.g., negative), the threshold value may beadjusted to be reduced for a stricter criterion. A method for adjustingthe threshold value to be reduced may be determined in advance. Forexample, a method of increasing the threshold value by a first value maybe included, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto andvarious methods may be applied.

In an embodiment, the processor 220 may identify whether a predeterminedcriterion for determining whether to transmit item sales managementinformation is satisfied, based on a machine learning algorithm. In thiscase, the processor 220 may update the machine learning algorithm byusing the feedback information as a response value (or a correct answervalue) for learning of the machine learning algorithm. Here, the machinelearning algorithm may include an algorithm pre-learned based on whetherit is necessary to provide a large amount of data associated withpre-acquired item sales information and item sales managementinformation corresponding to the data, and well-known various machinelearning algorithms may be used.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a control method of an electronic apparatusaccording to an embodiment. Respective operations of the control methodillustrated in FIG. 3 may be in some cases performed in an orderdifferent from that illustrated. Hereinafter, the repeated contents ofthose described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 3, in operation 310, an electronic apparatus mayidentify sales information of an item that is for sale through anetwork. The sales information of the item is a variety of informationassociated with the sale of the item and may include at least one of: asales price of the item; a sales volume of the item; a discount rate ofthe item; and a margin of the item.

Specifically, the electronic apparatus may identify the salesinformation of the item based on completion of online sale of the item.In response to sale of items, the electronic apparatus may identifysales information of each item in real time whenever the sale iscompleted, or may collect sales information of an item sold at aspecific time interval and identify the sales information at thespecific time interval.

In operation 320, the electronic apparatus may determine whether it isnecessary to provide sales management information of the item based onthe sales information of the item. In an example, based on the salesinformation of the item, the electronic apparatus may identify whetherat least a part of the sales information of the item satisfies apredetermined criterion. When the predetermined criterion is satisfied,the electronic apparatus may identify that it is necessary to provideitem sales management information. When the predetermined criterion isnot satisfied, the electronic apparatus may identify that it is notnecessary to provide the item sales management information.

The predetermined criterion may include: a first criterion based on asales price of the item and a revenue according to an expected salesvolume; a second criterion based on a margin of the item; a thirdcriterion based on a profit rate of the item; or a fourth criterionbased on a sales volume of the item.

In an embodiment, the first criterion may include a case where when aposition of a sales price of the item in a predetermined salesdistribution is out of a specific region within the predetermined salesdistribution, the revenue according to the expected sales volume of theitem is identified based on the sales information of the item and thenthe identified revenue is out of a specific range. In this case, whenthe position of the sales price of the item in the predetermined salesdistribution is included in the specific region within the predeterminedsales distribution or when a value of the identified revenue is includedin the specific range, the first criterion may not be satisfied.

In an embodiment, the second criterion may include a case where a marginof a selling event of the item is identified and a position of theidentified margin in a predetermined margin distribution is out of aspecific region. In this case, when the position of the identifiedmargin in the margin distribution is included in the specific range, thesecond criterion may not be satisfied.

In an embodiment, the third criterion may include a case where a profitrate corresponding to a selling event of the item is identified and avalue of the identified profit rate is less than a specific value. Inthis case, when the value of the identified profit rate is greater thanor equal to the specific value, the third criterion may not besatisfied.

In an embodiment, the fourth criterion may include a case where a salesvolume for a selling event of the item is identified and a position ofthe identified sales volume in a predetermined sales volume distributionis out of a specific region. In this case, when the position of theidentified sales volume in the sales volume distribution is included inthe specific range, the fourth criterion may not be satisfied.

In operation 330, when it is necessary to provide the item salesmanagement information, the electronic apparatus may provide the itemsales management information, which is generated based on the salesinformation of the item. Here, the item sales management information mayinclude at least a part of the sales information of the item (e.g., thesales price of the item), and, in some cases, may include informationfor sales management of the item. The information for sales managementof the item may include, for example, sales control information of theitem, page link information for modifying sales status information ofthe item, and manager information of the item, but not limited thereto.

Specifically, for example, the sales management information of the itemmay include at least one of: sales price change information of the item;the sales status information of the item; distribution information ofthe item; seller information of the item; sales control information ofthe item; a sales price of the item; page link information for modifyingthe sales status information of the item; and manager information theitem.

In an embodiment, in response to a determination that it is necessary toprovide the item sales management information, the electronic apparatusmay transmit the item sales management information to a predeterminedreceiving device. The receiving device may be, for example, a devicepredetermined for each item corresponding to sales information. In somecases, the receiving device may be divided into various devices includedin item sales management information and set in advance.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating distribution for determining whether toprovide item sales management information by an electronic apparatusaccording to an embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 4 is a diagram forexplaining a distribution (e.g., a sales price distribution or a margindistribution) used to determine whether it is necessary to provide itemsales management information described with reference to FIG. 2 or 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, the distribution may include a graph indicating ashape in which data is scattered around the central axis (e.g., an axiscorresponding to a horizontal axis value of 0). In FIG. 4, thedistribution may appear similar to a normal distribution graph, but thisis merely an example and the distribution may appear in a differentshape or in a different form depending on used data.

The central axis of the distribution may be an average value of all dataused to generate the distribution, and the central axis of thedistribution is indicated as 0 in FIG. 4, but not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, whether to provide item sales management informationmay be determined based on whether the sales price of the item isincluded in a specific region of a predetermined price distribution. Inthis case, the specific region of the price distribution may be, forexample, a region corresponding to −4σ or less or +4σ or more on thedistribution, as shown in FIG. 4. In this case, when a positioncorresponding to the sales price of the item on the distribution isincluded in the region corresponding to −4σ or less or +4σ or more onthe distribution, it may be determined that it is necessary to provideitem sales management information.

In an embodiment, whether to provide the item sales managementinformation may be determined based on whether a margin of the item isincluded in a specific region within a predetermined margindistribution. In this case, the specific region within the margindistribution may be, for example, a region corresponding to −4σ or lessor +4σ or more in the distribution, as shown in FIG. 4. In this case,when a position corresponding to the margin of the item on thedistribution is included in the region corresponding to −4σ or less or+4σ or more on the distribution, it may be determined that it isnecessary to provide item sales management information.

Meanwhile, the above embodiment is an example for explaining adistribution in relation to FIG. 4, and the present specification is notlimited thereto. In addition, X axis, Y axis, and generation of thegraph in FIG. 4 may be understood to correspond to a normaldistribution.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of item sales managementinformation provided by an electronic apparatus according to anembodiment.

The item sales management information may include distributioninformation of an item, sales status information of the item, salesprice change information of the item, sales control information of theitem, a sales price of the item, manager information of the item, pagelink information for modifying the sales status information of the item,and information for determining feedback on the item.

Referring to FIG. 5, the distribution information of the item mayinclude an item category field indicated as “digital”, an itemidentification number field indicated as “123456789”, and an iteminformation field indicated as “KK tablet”. The sales status informationof the item may include an item status field indicated as “profit ratereduced by 582%”. The price change information of the item may include acause field to display a profit rate, a sales price, an expected numberof sales (or a sales volume), and an expected loss amount. The salescontrol information of the item is information that can change inrelation to sale of the item, and may appear with a link informationfield.

In an embodiment, an underlined text included in the link informationfield may indicate a link itself, and a screen (or information, website)for controlling the sales may be displayed in response to an inputthereto.

For example, “Sales status” in the link information field may includepage link information through which information provided for the sale ofthe item can be checked. That is, the “sales status” may include a linkconnecting a screen to a website where the item is for sale. In thiscase, the screen for the website which offers the item for sale may bedisplayed in response to an input to “Sales status”.

“Price change” in the link information field may include a link withinformation more specifically indicating information on or regardingwhich a price of the item is changed. In this case, informationindicating a price change history may be displayed in response to aninput to “Price change”. FIG. 6 or 7 may be referred for an example ofinformation displayed using a link.

“Distribution information” in the link information field may include alink with more specific information associated with distribution of theitem. For example, the distribution information may include at leastsome of a remaining quantity of the item, a type of the item, a size ofthe item, and a name of the item, and, in some cases, may includedistribution information (e.g., an item category field) displayed inFIG. 5.

“Sales management” in the link information field may include a page linkfor modifying the sales status information of the item. In this case, ascreen on which the sales status information of the item can be modifiedmay be displayed in response to an input to “Sales management”. FIG. 9may be referred for an example of a screen on which sales statusinformation can be modified.

In an embodiment, the manager information may include information on apredetermined manager in charge of management of the item. Peoplebelonging to various teams may be involved in management of a singleitem, and, in this case, information on the teams (e.g., Team A, Team B)may be displayed in the manager information as illustrated. In somecases, the predetermined manager may be classified by job title andassigned to the item, and, in this case, information on the job titlemay be displayed in the manager information.

A feedback field of FIG. 5 may include a field which requires a user'sinput in response to identifying of item sales management informationprovided. For example, regarding the item sales management information,an input corresponding to GOOD in the provided feedback field may bereceived based on properly detecting an abnormal situation associatedwith sale of the item. When the item sales management information isprovided but no abnormal situation associated with the sale of the itemoccurs, an input corresponding to “BAD” in the feedback field may bereceived. Such an input corresponding to the feedback field may becollected by an electronic apparatus and used as data for updating acriterion for determining whether to provide item sales managementinformation.

In an embodiment, item sales management information of FIG. 5 may bedisplayed on another electronic apparatus based on transmission of theitem sales management information from the electronic apparatus toanother electronic apparatus (e.g., a receiving device). However, thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto, and the item sales managementinformation may be displayed on the electronic apparatus itselfaccording to an embodiment.

In an embodiment, at least a part of the item sales managementinformation may be associated with a different receiving device. Forexample, a category field and a status field of item sales managementinformation may be associated with a receiving device corresponding to afirst manager (e.g., JENNY), and link information may be associated witha second manager (e.g., RINDA). In this case, the electronic apparatusmay provide information corresponding to the category field and thestatus field in the item sales management information to the receivingdevice corresponding to the first manager. The electronic apparatus mayprovide information corresponding to the link information to thereceiving device corresponding to the second manager.

As such, a receiving device to receive item sales management informationmay be diversified according to an embodiment, which may be set inadvance. FIG. 8 may be referred for a more detailed description relatedto the setting of the receiving device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associatedwith a sales price of an item among item sales management informationprovided by an electronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

According to FIG. 6, information indicating change of a sales price ofan item over time may be provided. The information corresponding to FIG.6 may be provided in response to receiving an input to “Price change” ofa link field, as described with reference to FIG. 5.

FIG. 6 illustrates change of a price of an item corresponding to aninput within a specific period. The specific period is a predeterminedperiod and may correspond to, for example, one week or one month.Referring to FIG. 6, it can be seen that the sales price of the itemincreased during a period from a time point A to a time point B withinthe specific period. In addition, it can be seen that the sales price ofthe item decreased during a period from a time point C to a time point Dwithin the specific period.

Sales information corresponding to the received input may be located atthe very beginning or the end on the horizontal axis in which the timepoints A, B, C, and D of FIG. 6 are listed, but this is only an example,and the present embodiment is limited to this example.

In some cases, the form of price change information as shown in FIG. 6may also be used to indicate change of a profit rate or change of anexpected loss amount. For example, at least one of information on changeof a profit rate for a specific period and information on change of anexpected loss amount may be provided in a similar manner along with thesales price change information corresponding to FIG. 6.

In addition, although the price change information is shown in the formof a simple graph in FIG. 6, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto and various methods may be used such as displaying detailedinformation about a changed price together.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of informationassociated with a sales price of an item among item sales managementinformation provided by an electronic apparatus according to anembodiment. Specifically, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of providinginformation on a part of a period indicating a price change, shown inFIG. 6, in a different form.

Referring to FIG. 7, information associated with a sales price of anitem may be displayed in the form of a table. According to FIG. 7, asales volume, information on or regarding a price to be changed at aspecific time point (e.g., 20/06/08 13:00:00), information on a marketprice, information on a delivery fee of the item, and information on adiscount price may be displayed in addition to the sales price of theitem.

Here, the information on the price to be changed may indicate, forexample, information on a price change when the price change isdetermined. The market price is information on a market price of an itemcorresponding to sales information, and may be a predetermined value.

In addition, in some cases, information on a subject that has caused aprice change may be displayed as shown. Specifically, when the pricechange automatically occurs by a system, information “System” may bedisplayed, and when the price change occurs by a specific manager,information indicating the specific manager (e.g., “A”) may bedisplayed.

In FIG. 7, information on two time points (e.g., 20/06/08 13:00:00,20/06/08 12:50:00) is shown, but this is merely an example, andinformation on more time points may be displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associatedwith a manager among item sales management information provided by anelectronic apparatus according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, a manager who will be provided with at least a partof item sales management information for each item may be predetermined.For example, JENNY may be set to receive item sales managementinformation for items associated with Kitchen and Kitchen Appliance.JAKE may be set to receive item sales management information for itemsassociated with Kitchen and Kitchen Disposable.

In an embodiment, a unit in FIG. 8 (e.g., Unit 1 and Unit 2) mayrepresent an item itself. However, the present disclosure is not limitedthereto and, for example, a unit may represent a category to which anitem belongs.

In addition, Unit 1 or Unit 2 are terms for distinguishing differentunits, and the present embodiment is not limited to these terms.

According to FIG. 8, information (e.g., MAYA) on a person who has set amanager (e.g., JENNY and JAKE) associated with each item may bedisplayed in a creator field. Change of a manager associated with eachitem may be made through an input of “Delete” button.

In an embodiment, in order to search for a manager for each item, aninput may be applied to selection box fields respectively associatedwith Unit 1, Unit 2, a user type, and user ID (e.g., boxes which aredisplayed in parallel with Unit 1, Unit 2, User type, and User ID). Inthis case, a manager for each item may be searched based on the input.For example, when Kitchen is input in a selection box for Unit 1,information on various managers of which Unit 1 is set to Kitchen may bedisplayed, and, in this case, JENNY and JAKE may be displayed since Unit1 of each of JENNY and JAKE is set to Kitchen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for describing a case where sale of an item ismanaged based on item sales management information provided from anelectronic apparatus according to an embodiment. Specifically, FIG. 9illustrates an example of information provided for item salesmanagement.

In an embodiment, FIG. 9 may include a screen displayed in response toreception of an input to “Sales management” in the link field of FIG. 5.In this case, an item manageable through FIG. 9 may include an itemcorresponding to sales information.

Referring to FIG. 9, in order to manage sale of an item, a screen forchanging information on or regarding the item and information associatedwith the sale of the item may be provided. The information on the itemmay include, for example, a name set to represent the item (e.g., a nameof VenderItem field, a name of SKU field), a current sales status, andan identification number corresponding to the item (e.g. a number ofProduct/Item). Change of information associated with the sale of theitem may be performed through an area appearing below “Salesinformation”.

For example, a sales price of the item may be changed by changing anumber regarding an area corresponding to a sales price field. A periodduring which the sale of the item is maintained may be changed bychanging a date or period regarding an area corresponding to a salesperiod field. If the corresponding period has passed or has not yet tocome, information for the sale of the item may not be provided. Whetherto maintain the sales status of the item or stop the sale of the itemmay be determined through selection of an area corresponding to thesales status field. For example, when “Valid” field is selected, thesale of the item may be maintained, and when “Invalid” field isselected, the sale of the item may be stopped.

In an embodiment, when a user who has received item sales managementinformation determines that an error has occurred in the sale of theitem, information associated with the sale of the item may be modifiedby accessing a page corresponding to FIG. 9 and applying an input. Forexample, the sale of the item may be stopped or the sales price of theitem may be changed through an input associated with the pagecorresponding to FIG. 9.

According to the present disclosure, the electronic apparatus and themethod thereof verify whether an abnormal symptom has occurred inrelation to sale of an item based on sales information of the item, andprovide item sales management information accordingly, therebyeffectively managing an abnormal situation possibly occurring inrelation to the sale of the item.

In addition, if the sales volume of the product fluctuates abnormallycompared to a general situation, or if a margin or revenue dropsabnormally, the electronic apparatus and the method thereof causes itemsales management information to be provided, so that management for thesale of the item is performed efficiently.

The electronic apparatus or terminal according to the above-describedembodiments may include a permanent storage such as a disk drive, acommunication port for handling communications with external devices,and user interface devices such as a touch panel, a key, and a button.The methods that are implemented as software modules or algorithms maybe stored as program instructions or computer-readable codes executableby the processor on a computer-readable recording medium. Here, examplesof the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic storage media(e.g., read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), floppy disk,or hard disk), optically readable media (e.g., compact disk-read onlymemory (CD-ROM) or digital versatile disk (DVD)), etc. Thecomputer-readable recording medium may be distributed over networkcoupled computer systems, and thus, the computer-readable code may bestored and executed in a distributed fashion. This medium may be read bythe computer, stored in the memory, and executed by the processor.

The present embodiments may be described in terms of functional blockcomponents and various processing steps. Such functional blocks may berealized by any number of hardware and/or software components configuredto perform specified functions. For example, embodiments may employvarious integrated circuit (IC) components, e.g., memory elements,processing elements, logic elements, look-up tables, and the like, whichmay carry out a variety of functions under the control of one or moremicroprocessors or other control devices. Similarly, where the elementsare implemented using software programming or software elements, thepresent embodiments may be implemented with any programming or scriptinglanguage such as C, C++, Java, assembler language, or the like, with thevarious algorithms being implemented with any combination of datastructures, objects, processes, routines or other programming elements.Functional aspects may be implemented in algorithms that are executed onone or more processors. Furthermore, the embodiments described hereincould employ any number of conventional techniques for electronicsconfiguration, signal processing and/or control, data processing and thelike. The terms “mechanism,” “element,” “means,” and “configuration” areused broadly and are not limited to mechanical or physical embodiments.Those terms may include software routines in conjunction withprocessors, etc.

The above-described embodiments are only examples, and other embodimentsmay be implemented within the scope of the following claims.

1. A method operable by an electronic apparatus to provide information,the method comprising: receiving, over a network and from a serverassociated with a web user interface (UI) configured for selling atleast one item, data relating to a plurality of sales of the at leastone item, the received data comprising a plurality of aggregated datacollected at a plurality of predetermined intervals of time, each of theaggregated data comprising an average selling price of the at least oneitem from the respective predetermined interval of time; identifying,based on the received data, sales information of the at least one itemthat is for sale through the network, the sales information comprising aselling price of the at least one item; determining, by a first moduleamong a plurality of detection modules of the electronic apparatus,wherein the plurality of detection modules of the electronic apparatusare implemented via a distributed group of networked devices in datacommunication with one another; determining, using the first module,whether to provide item sales management information based on a machinelearning algorithm, wherein the item sales management information isgenerated based on the sales information of the at least one item, eachof the plurality of detection modules having different criterion fordetermining whether to provide item sales management information;identifying, based on a type of the item sales management information, areceiving device among a plurality of devices in data communication withthe electronic apparatus, wherein the type of the item sales managementinformation is predetermined based on a security level related to theitem sales management information; transmitting a set of data to thereceiving device over the network, the set of data configured to cause adevice UI to be displayed on the receiving device, the device UIconfigured to (a) receive a first user input for training the machinelearning algorithm and (b) provide a link to a menu for receiving asecond user input for adjusting at least a portion of the web UI for theselling of the at least one item; updating the machine learningalgorithm based on the first user input; and adjusting, based on thesecond user input, at least the portion of the web UI and cooperatingwith the server associated with the web UI to stop selling of the atleast one item, wherein determining whether to provide the item salesmanagement information comprises: determining whether a position of theselling price is outside of a specific region within a predeterminedsales distribution; when a position of the selling price is within thespecific region, determining to not provide the item sales managementinformation; and when a position of the selling price is outside of thespecific region, identifying an expected sales volume of the at leastone item based on a quantity of the at least one item sold for apredetermined reference time; identifying an expected revenue from saleof the at least one item based on the selling price and the expectedsales volume; and in response to the expected revenue being out of apredetermined range, determining that it is necessary to provide theitem sales management information.
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 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined salesdistribution comprises price distribution information related to theselling price of the at least one item, wherein the price distributioninformation is generated based on a sales history of the at least oneitem over a predetermined period of time.
 6. The method of claim 1,wherein the determining that it is necessary to provide the item salesmanagement information comprises: identifying, based on informationregarding a selling event of the at least one item, a margin of theselling event; determining whether the identified margin is included ina specific range within a predetermined margin distribution; and inresponse to the identified margin not being in the specific range,determining that it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that itis necessary to provide the item sales management information comprises:identifying, based on information regarding a selling event of the atleast one item, a sales volume of the at least one item sold for apredetermined period of time; determining whether the identified salesvolume is in a specific range within a predetermined sales volumedistribution; and in response to the identified sales volume not beingin the specific range, determining that it is necessary to provide theitem sales management information.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein thedetermining that it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation comprises: identifying, based on information regarding aselling event of the at least one item, a profit rate corresponding tothe selling event; and in response to determining that the identifiedprofit rate satisfies a predetermined criterion, identifying anabnormality in the selling event of the at least one item.
 9. The methodof claim 1, wherein: the item sales management information comprises atleast one of: selling price change information of the at least one item;sales status information of the at least one item; distributioninformation of the at least one item; seller information of the at leastone item; sales control information of the at least one item; a sellingprice of the at least one item; page link information for modifying thesales status of the at least one item; or manager information of the atleast one item; and the selling price change information of the at leastone item comprises information regarding a cause for change of theselling price of the at least one item.
 10. The method of claim 1,wherein the transmitting of the set of data to the receiving devicecomprises: identifying information regarding the receiving devicecorresponding to the at least one item; and transmitting the set of datato the identified receiving device.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein:the adjusting of at least the portion of the web UI comprises adjustingthe web UI so as to stop selling the at least one item thereon.
 12. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the determining that it is necessary toprovide the item sales management information further comprises: inresponse to the predetermined criterion being satisfied, determiningthat an abnormal event associated with the selling of the at least oneitem has occurred; and updating the predetermined criterion based on thefirst or the second user input received through the device UI.
 13. Anon-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereoninstructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform the methodof claim
 1. 14. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a memory configuredto store instructions; and a processor, wherein the processor isconnected to the memory and configured to: receive, over a network andfrom a server associated with a web user interface (UI) configured forselling at least one item, data relating to a plurality of sales of theat least one item, the received data comprising a plurality ofaggregated data collected at a plurality of predetermined intervals oftime, each of the aggregated data comprising an average selling price ofthe at least one item from the respective predetermined interval oftime; identify, based on the received data, sales information of the atleast one item that is for sale through the network, the salesinformation comprising a selling price of the at least one item;determine, by a first module among a plurality of detection modules ofthe electronic apparatus, wherein the plurality of detection modules ofthe electronic apparatus are implemented via a distributed group ofnetworked devices in data communication with one another; determine,using the first module, whether to provide item sales managementinformation based on a machine learning algorithm, wherein the itemsales management information is generated based on the sales informationof the at least one item, each of the plurality of detection moduleshaving different criterion for determining whether to provide item salesmanagement information; identify, based on a type of the item salesmanagement information, a receiving device among a plurality of devicesin data communication with the electronic apparatus, wherein the type ofthe item sales management information is predetermined based on asecurity level related to the item sales management information;transmit a set of data to the receiving device over the network, the setof data configured to cause a device UI to be displayed on the receivingdevice, the device UI configured to (a) receive a first user input fortraining the machine learning algorithm and (b) provide a link to a menufor receiving a second user input for adjusting at least a portion ofthe web UI for the selling of the at least one item; update the machinelearning algorithm based on the first user input; and adjust, based onthe second user input, at least the portion of the web UI and cooperatewith the server associated with the web UI to stop selling of the atleast one item, wherein the determination whether to provide the itemsales management information is based on the processor being furtherconfigured to: determine whether a position of the selling price isoutside of a specific region within a predetermined sales distribution;when a position of the selling price is within the specific region,determine to not provide the item sales management information; and whena position of the selling price is outside of the specific region,identify an expected sales volume of the at least one item based on aquantity of the at least one item sold for a predetermined referencetime; identify an expected revenue from sale of the at least one itembased on the selling price and the expected sales volume; and inresponse to the expected revenue being out of a predetermined range,determine that it is necessary to provide the item sales managementinformation.